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[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kh_Shad:
You are right but! I repeat that phone recognized internal sd after some minutes since turning on. Phone wrote that sd card had been unplugged with problem and it remounted sd card. If owner turned off phone by power button and turned on phone, it did not see sd card again, and we needed to wait for some minutes again.

Only after this actions we could to plug in Galaxy to PC.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pro95accord:
sooooooo I think I screwed up my galaxy S yet again. First time I sent it out for warranty they fixed it no problems.

Ok I updated to JP2 only for it to be a little buggy and laggy for me so I thought I would either downgrade back or install an updated version. Turns out the JP2 disabled 3 button combos yet again :mad: download mode is not accessable and recovery mode just gives me a screen with "forced upload by key pressing".

So I forced download mode with adb and started installing JPK firware when my phone shut off. When I went to turn it back on I get the phone/pc logo and no more usb detection.

So am I crap out of luck?:confused:
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dustee:
Is my phone bricked ?.

Either the "Forced upload by key pressing" appears while attempting the recovery mode or the charging battery picture while attempting the download mode.

Any help would be much appreciated.

Thanks.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Freija:
I made the video.

Please take a look.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWVA8kj0BKo
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] crandf:
Semi-bricked my phone, odin not flashing

I semi-bricked my phone! Help!!! Dunno what info is important so I'll try to list down all the more important steps.

1) Updated from eclair to ZSJPD firmware

2) Flashed speedmod froyo I1.1 kernel

3) All 4 kernel tweaks of speedmod and BLN option On

4) Voodoo lagfix with ext4 via ULF options.

5) Installed launcher pro

6) Here is where I made my fatal mistake. I didn't notice I was trying to install the Super Circle Battery mod which is meant for HTC phones only. So I went thru the website http://circle.glx.nl/, created my zip file, flashed it, and it booted normally, but lots of force close messages started popping up repeatedly about swype/messaging/etc.

7) I went into recovery 3E to restore "system" from a 2 day old backup.

8) Phone booted up again but got stuck at the B&W Samsung galaxy S logo for ages.

9) I put it into downloading mode again and tried to reflash speedmod froyo with Odin

10) Odin just keeps giving me this error:

<ID:0/005> Added!!

<ID:0/005> Odin v.3 engine (ID:5)..

<ID:0/005> File analysis..

<ID:0/005> SetupConnection..

<ID:0/005> Initialzation..

<ID:0/005> Get PIT for mapping..

<ID:0/005> Firmware update start..

<ID:0/005> META-INF/

<ID:0/005>

<ID:0/005> Complete(Write) operation failed.

<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)

<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 0)

<ID:0/005> Removed!!

11) I updated Kies, did driver recovery, then tried flashing speedmod with Odin again. Same error message showed up despite repeated tries of pulling battery out, waiting a minute before reinserting battery and going to downloading mode.

What should I do now?

Can I try flashing with ZSJPD firmware again? But shouldn't I need to disable my voodoo lagfix first? Yet I can't enter recovery mode now, only downloading mode is still accessible to me.

:confused:
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ancienthistory:
[Q] Semi Bricked Bell i9000M...

My phone is stuck at the first startup screen (Galaxy S, GT-i9000M) and just stays there after a ODIN 1.7 flash with 512 pit, repartition and JH2 firmware from samfirmware, which has previously worked in the past.

If I flash the JG8 rom instead, the phone eventually reboots into recovery mode. If I choose to reboot, it still stays stuck or returns to recovery mode.

I've also tried to wipe data and wipe cache to reboot, but no luck.

I'm still able to use 3-button recovery and download mode.

Before all this happened, I was starting up my phone again after a battery switch, and when I swyped to unlock my screen, the screen went black with both buttons illuminated. After a few minutes of non-responsiveness, I removed the battery and the screen stayed at the Galaxy S GT-i9000M after reboot.

Any help would be appreciated on this.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Captain_Soviet:
I've just had the exact same thing happen to my phone yesterday. I managed to get it flashed back to JH2, but I get the exact same error in recovery mode, and then once I reboot it, I get a black screen after the animation. I think we're dealing with exactly the same problem, and I do think it's an internal SD failure.

Luckily for me, I work for Bell (don't hate me please, gotta pay rent), so I'm going to take it into work tomorrow and get it sent away, and hopefully get it fixed.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] crandf:
Update:

I reinstalled ZSJPD firmware, problem solved. Despite not disabling voodoo lagfix first, sms, phone, UI and OS still worked correctly. After I flashed speedmod successfully, and went to recovery mode, ULF thinks I've got rfs instead of ext4, but I just picked voodoo with ext4 again and rebooted successfully.

Turns out that in my previous attempts, I was using the speedmod zip file meant for CWM but extracted and rezipped it into a tar because I was an idiot and forgot how I installed it last time. This was why Odin couldn't flash this fake speedmod tar properly ..... :P
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Freija:
You work for Bell? >: !

I don't hate on you, but do you mind filling us in on what the procedure is when someone with an unlocked phone brings it in for servicing?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] opensourcefan:
If it was me I would try to flash jh2 at least a couple of times with repartition selected with the 512 pit file. If you can get into recovery after the flash maybe try a factory reset.

If your phone won't even boot, how will Bell know it's unlocked?

Sent from a Bell I9000m running Froyo.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Leifer:
Just happened to me today after running JPK froyo fine for over a month :(

Couldn't get into Recovery until flashing back to JH2 2.1. Now I get the "can't mount /dev/block/mmcblk0p1" and "Can't mount SDcard" error in recovery
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dustee:
Sorry guys if it was posted before, I searched the threads with similar issue and couldn't conclude whether it's totally bricked or there is a solution for it.

If there is a thread about a solution please direct me and I'll request to delete this one from the mods.

Thanks.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aleks07:
Done that. Format goes well for all parts except "boot" partition - always comes back with an error. Flashing to stock or recovering from a backup doesn't help either - I see no errors but phone doesn't load past logo screen.

Anyways, I gave up and took my phone to Bell for repairs (even though I'm not their customer, but they still took it). Thank you all for help!
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Phk:
How can i do that if I can't enter download mode?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Phk:
ODIN bricked my Galaxy S... HELP PLEASE

Hi there guys. Just bought my Galaxy S.. and.. Maybe just lost it :(

I was trying to put the HACKECLAIR ROM so i needed to flash my XXJF5 to XWJM5.

I downloaded the XWJM5 from Samsung-Firmwares.com together with ODIN and the PIT file.

I downloaded the x64 drivers (windows 7 x64 here) and installed the setup.exe only.

Then i got to (!"#GRRR**) ODIN and made these pretty mess:

now I cant enter download mode or recovery mode...

PLEASE help me..
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Phk:
Correction, i CAN enter download mode.

I have 3 files for completing the update to JM5 that came from samsung-firmwares.com:

CODE_I9000XWJM5.tar (+\- 300mb)

CSC-I9000SERJM1.tar (+\- 80mb)

MODEM_I9000XXJM3.tar (+\- 10mb)

Which one should i use in ODIN? PDA or PHONE option???

Please reply ASAP since i'm stuck looking at this...
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rocketpaul:
code to pda

modem to phone
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] donnykim:
I had same thing this afternoon.

Reboot your computer, exit KIES (do not start) then try to update it again. I had same situation
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bouzoubaa:
and check repartition also
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Phk:
GOD i love you guys...

Up and running... now..

flashing hackeclair.... =)

THANK YOU
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] voodoochild2008:
use pit 512

pda is code

phone is modem

csc is csc

sometimes if you cannot get odin to see the com port then try another usb port or just pull cable out and back in the usb and restart odin.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Phk:
got it working.... thank you and thank god!!! =O
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fakekullu:
Galaxy S firmware updates come in three parts:

-The CODE itself (called PDA). This is android and all the applications that come with it. (The archives/folders will be named after the version of this file)

-The MODEM (called Phone). This is the firmware of the wireless chipset of the device and will operate you WiFi, Blutooth and 3G/2G/GSM connections. (ie Radio ROM)

-The CSC (short for Country/Carrier Specific Code). This includes connection data for the broadband networks as well as apps that are only available in certain languages/intended for a specific area.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=723596
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] evilgabbie:
This works

All phones have download mode, just harder on some devices to get working

Open Odin and select all the files you need, I had to use debug flash to get it going and turned off "auto reboot"

Connect your phone to the cable,

KEEP HOLDING Volume Down + Menu + Power UNTIL it reboots into download mode. Keep holding, it may take several seconds to several minutes.

If it doesn't come up in 2 mins, just leave it connected and try again at a later time. IT WILL WORK.

Good luck !
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dupel:
Maybe a moderator can pin a simple topic with some warning like

DO NOT FLASH INT GALAXY S WITH AT&T FW/ODIN

Cos the number of people making this is just alarming...
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] adiabatic:
My beloved Galaxy S - Is now dead:(

Hi guys,

The Galaxy S seems totally dead. Nutting works...It does not even power on:(

It doesent seem to be charging either.

\\A
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] scouzer:
Stop posting this nonsense. Some phones don't have 3 button access, period.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sturmeh:
Can someone tell me how AT&T Odin looks different so I can associate it with EVIL and stay away?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Phk:
I was able to return to download mode and flash correctly using odin.

The trick to return to download mode was plugging in the battery WITH volup+power already pressed.....

Thanks to everyone!

Phk
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dupel:
Just download it either from here or from samsung firmwares i9000 section, as opposed to other unproven sources.

http://samsung-firmware.webs.com/samsungi9000.htm
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AllGamer:
seems like you are missing something

if you are on the AT&T ROM then it will be vol up + vol down + power

just doing vol up + power will not get you anywhere
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Grizman:
I am in the same boat?? Bought the galaxy and unlocked to use on Rogers Loved the phone but Now its bricked.. same story. Talking to Samsung they only fix / replace their phone thru Bell and Im with Rogers.

Is there anyway to get this fixed without going thru Bell? or any other viable options??

Any help greatly apprec!!!
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Grizman:
I have a vibrant unlocked that bricked / stuck in boot loop. Im with rogers and talking to samsung and they say the phone is only serviced thru bell?

I have no contract w/ Bell

wondering where u repaired urs or any suggestion appreciated. Im in Calgary

Jeff grizmen@yahoo.com
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ancienthistory:
Went to a Bell store for my issue since nobody responded and looks like the Montreal Samsung repair shop is in Ville St-Laurent.

Will try to see if they charge me full price or repair under warranty even though I had it unlocked and rooted (but never used Euro firmware).
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dustee:
I need your help guys, is there any fix for this issue or should I just send it to be repaired.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NasrulBond:
i'm brick mine too. :( :(
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bootx1:
Try VolumeUp+HomeKey+PowerButton, press for while - screen should go black, the when you see logo, release power button only - should get you in to recovery mode, from which you can reboot.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bootx1:
If that doesn't work, try VolUp+VolDown+PowerKey - think I've read that somewhere.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Captain_Soviet:
Just got back from work, and got my phone sent out for repair.

First off, get your phone back to stock firmware. If it's not on JH2, technically speaking, you've voided your warranty. Second, unlocking also technically voids the warranty, but the stores have no way of checking that. However, if you mention that you're using it on Rogers, the store could very well refuse to send your phone out for repair.

I think the safest thing to do for all you guys on Rogers is to flash the phone back to stock, and then get a friend with a Bell HSPA phone to help you out. Since tracking the IMEIs isn't that important, and you can change them online yourself, come in with your friend, say you had the Galaxy on that account, but when it died, you went online and put whatever phone your friend has on the account. The reason for this is the Bell repair system needs a Bell cell phone number entered in the form required to send a phone out. The contact number for when the phone is repaired can be completely different though, so feel free to give them your own. You should be in the clear then for the phone to be repaired, but your mileage may vary. This would be fine in our store, but I can't speak for others. Further on that point, a dealer store (essentially a franchisee) might be a better bet than a corporate-owned store.

To sum up then, flash the phone to stock, get a friend with a Bell HSPA phone, and don't mention Rogers or unlocking. Best of luck.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ickyboo:
My advice is get hold of JM8 and 512pit file. Flash your phone with the Re-partition option ON. Then once thats done flash upto JP0/JPM with 803 pit file but DO NOT SELECT re-partition!. Thats where I think you are going wrong. I had trouble like you the other day when phone died on me. I did a normal flash thinking I didn't need to downgrade to JM8 but I was wrong.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ickyboo:
Guess what man, You have a bad phone. Theres a few threads about Canadian phones going arse up due to internal SD card failures. Looks like you have one of them. Theres nothing else you can do. Its a hardware replacement. Besides I don't think they can EVEN boot the thing up to tell if its a rooted phone.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tmj12:
Please help - phone bricked due to upgrade

I tried to update my SGS to the latest Froyo 2.2 last night with the latest Kies but the screen on the phone kept flickering with the "Initialising..." message on the USB connection screen.

I thought this was caused by some apps as I recalled it happened before so I decided to do a factory reset using the 3 key button method. When phone rebooted, I keep getting this Force Close dialogue boxes and it's unable to get passed these error messages.

Please advise what I need to do to fix this. Many thanks in advance.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SamsungG:
I've tried virtually everything known and it is interal... I followed this thread ([HOWTO] Froyo FW I9000XXJPM: Upgrade via Odin, Root, Recovery 2e, Lagfix!) to a T and phone worked amazing for a week and just so happened that eve that it died I was at a kegger and figured o my phones just dead.. plugged it in and realized the next morning that its... FINNISHED! Yah!! Lucky i went on the utmost cheapest possible monthly plan with bell (24$) including the 7$ instant hardware replacement! But use the phone solely with Rogers..

Im get smart!! =)

*cheers* & good luck to all!

btw the phone is awesome! Im subdued to using an ip4 right now.. i freeking HATE it!!
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iammichel:
So there is still no working solution for this problem? I kind of have the same issues with my Dutch SGS and trying my best to get it resolved, but still no luck.

Was running JPO with Doc's mod, and noticed today that my google contact wouldn't sync anymore. Trying to delete my google account I performed a factory reset in Froyo, the system rebooted, and after the logo (with sound) it would not boot anymore, just the black screen. Something that hasn't been mentioned before; in my case the phone would vibrate in an interval, a single time followed by three fast vibrates.

I tried flashing many firmwares. froyo and eclair, with various settings, but no positive results yet. The phone doesn't vibrate in intervals anymore, but now I keep getting these error messages in the recovery mode. Some examples:

E: can't mount /dev/block/stl10

(invalid argument)

E: copy_dbdata_media: Can't mount DBDATA

copy default media content failed

multicsc : can not acces to /system/csc/KOR/system/

copy_common_data

What to do next? The only thing I didn't do yet is wipe the entire internal SD card (saw the option somewhere, but can't find it atm).

I'm guessing that things messed up in the software, so I should be able to recover things myself I gues...

EDIT: What the ****, my phone just booted through recovery mode despite the error messages! Last action I performed was an Odin flash to JM8 with .512 PIT and re-partition enabled. It wouldn't boot initially, but after a few reboots it suddenly works (still have error messages in recovery mode).
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tmj12:
Please help - I think my phone is bricked

Apologies for having to post this on the Dev forum. I did try to post the problem on the Q&A forum http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=834916 but so far I have not had any response hence I've resorted to post on here.

I tried to update my SGS to the latest Froyo 2.2 the other night with the latest Kies but the screen on the phone kept flickering showing the "Initialising..." message on the USB connected screen.

I thought this was caused by some apps as I recalled it happened before so I decided to do a factory reset using the 3 key button method that I'd read on here. When phone rebooted, I keep getting this Force Close dialogue boxes and it's unable to get passed these error messages.

Please advise what I need to do to fix this as I have no idea being a newbie to this Android thing. Many thanks in advance.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dupel:
reflash you phone, isnt it obvious?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tmj12:
Sorry, forgive my ignorance....I have no idea how to reflash the phone. How do I do it? What do I need? As said, I'm only a newbie so please can you take me through step by step how to fix the phone. I'm a little bit stressed out at the moment as I can't use it.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Fornowagain:
Before you ask any questions use the search function. Then if you still don't know ask before you do anything.

The short version. First off make sure you can get into recovery, then try and clear, reset and format what you can. Remove the sim and external SD as a precaution. Then back to download mode without the phone usb connected.

Grab the JPO firmware > http://www.multiupload.com/MX8XW7BG24

Grab odin 1.3 > http://www.megaupload.com/?d=MADK0XTB

Extract the firmware somewhere, open odin then select JPO_JPO_U_JPP.tar as PDA. Leave everything un-ticked except reboot. Plug the phone into your PC make sure Kies is not running and the battery is charged. In odin you should see a yellow window under ID:COM with a COM port open. If you do hit start, if all goes well a green bar will move across until the phone reboots. Leave it to do its thing at the big S (I usually unplug USB by now, to avoid problems) wait upto 10mins first time. If it hangs try a reset and cache clear and reformat SD. That's all I do, worked with all the firmwares I've downloaded from Samsung's FUD server.

Your standard device should already be on 512 layout, so you shouldn't need a PIT file, but if you do > http://www.multiupload.com/I5WICSBFJ1
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dopeee:
A good place to know how to do everything is in the General Sticky

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=723596

It will explain what you need, and what each things mean. Fornowagain's post is good, but the sticky will explain what hes talking about.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Freija:
I bought my phone with Bell of contract. When I first bought the phone, I got a phone number with it but it was immediately canceled. I even have the Bell sim. Do you think that'll help? I don't think I have any close friends that use Bell.

edit: I just noticed on my receipt it says I have a prepaid phone card. I think I should be okay, buying the phone off contract and then having a prepaid on it is totally legit.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] masterslacker:
I had the exact same thing happen to me about two weeks ago. I just woke up one morning and it was dead the exact same way - boot loop and non working recovery mode. I tried to do some flashing with download mode, and eventually i couldn't get that anymore either.

I had to send it off for repair. I'm just waiting for it to come back.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tmj12:
Thanks guys for the pointers. I will have a stab at it later on. I've never used Odin before so feeling very apprehensive I might make a ****-up again.

Btw, if I use Odin to reflash to the latest JPO (UK based unbranded) firmware, does that mean I will not be able to carry out any further official updates through Kies?

This may sound stupid...what's the difference between Odin and Kies?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xxgg:
You gotta help us brothers out. Is there anything you can do for us who doesn't have a receipt and are not with Bell Mobility?

If I need a Bell account, can I simply get a $5 SIM card and activate as a PrePaid service?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Captain_Soviet:
Yeah, as long as the prepaid number isn't fully canceled, you should be fine. Btw, there's no real reason to cancel a prepaid line yourself, once there's no activity on it for 120 days, it cancels itself.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Captain_Soviet:
Without a receipt, unfortunately you're SOL at any Bell store. However, if you're nice enough to the reps and if they aren't that scrupulous, they might just be able to "generate" a receipt for you. A dealer store might give you a better chance, but this a long shot, obviously
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Freija:
the employee canceled it for me.